#248E8F#248E8F

#248E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.091 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248E8F
RGB	rgb(36, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -28.15, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 29.56, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0879 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.091 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3562, 21.7024, 29.3609)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248E8F #8F2524

analogous

#248F5B #248E8F #24588F

triadic

#248E8F #8F248E #8E8F24

tetradic

#248E8F #5B248F #8F2524 #588F24

square

#248E8F #5B248F #8F2524 #588F24

split-complementary

#248E8F #8F2458 #8F5B24

monochromatic

#0B2D2D #185D5E #248E8F #30BFC0 #58D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#248E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#248E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248E8F

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248E8F	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.091 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#248e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248e8f;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59038,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248E8F

secondary

#B95655

accent

#4645E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #248E8F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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